Arrangement of windmills



1115.30, a c. E. CARR'OLL 1,812,137

ARRANGEMENT OF WI NDMILLS Filed July 1:5, 1922 Patented June 30, r V I I i v omits EDWARD cannon, or nnwronr, nnnnnsss I l onwmnmrnrs y I l I I Application filed July 13,1922. Sefla1'No. 5"I4,81 7.

My invention'is aimed to. provide an eliisition the wheels in the wind, said vane'being cient and otherwise satlsfac'tory mechanism supported so that'it always extends horizon-.

for utilizing the-power of wind andparticutally. o v g f larly adapted for the-generation of electricity Each wind wheel has "a sprocket gear, 17, 5 and my invention consists 1n whatever 1s deforengagement by a sprocket chain,18, which 65 scribed by or is included withln the terms or either directly orindirectly may drive the scope of the appended claims. w v dynamo, 19, which is mounted uponja hori- In the accompanying drawings: g V zontal bottom bar, 20, of the framework,'10, Fig. 1 is an elevationfromthe rear of a so that the dynamo moves with the frame- 7 10 satisfactory embodiment'ofmy invention; 1 work, the bottom bar, '20, being curved so as 60 Fig. 2 is a sideview thereof. to" clear the tower and permitfthe turning of Briefly described my invention is embodied the; framework upon'its vertical axis." in a structure that has aframe-work which It will be understood that suita'blebr'ake supports a plurality of wind wheels and a mechanism, and shunt or safety switches for dynamo, the frame-work and all it supports the battery, if one be used to store the '65 being mounted upon a suitable tower or supcurrent generated by'the motor, will be used I port so that it may rotate on a vertical axis to but'as my invention is, not concerned with present the wind wheelsto the wind and about these particular devices and they can be such a horizontal axis to-permit the Wind wheels as are commonly usedyI donotconsiderit v c under dangerously high winds to tiltmore or necessary to show the same in the drawings. 0' 1 7 less out of the wind@ f I What I l imxi g 5 Referring in detail to what is shown in the 1. The combination of a'suitable support, drawings the frame-work, 10, in the form of a'group of wind wheels mountedthereon and an inverted U,hasbearings'for aplurality of a common meansfor taking power from the 5' wind wheels, 11, arranged in asymmetrical"wheels of the group comprisingsprocket P group and all standing in the sameyver 'gearing that includes ,sprocket wheels onthe" plane when the mechanism is operated under s windwheel shafts anda sprocket chain pass normal 7 conditions, I there 'being'a central ing over such sprocket Wheels and means also wheel at the top and two wheels oneither side mounted on said frame work to which the 1 i j one below the other and theframework has a power is delivered'having a wheel over which 180;

horizontalbar,'12,whichis supportedby the saidsprocket chainpasses. i, A turntable, 13, on the top, ofthe tower, 14, so 2.'The combination of a suitable support,a t h Center Of gr ty ofthe fram w k group ofwind wheels, a frameworkl'for such I and wheels will be below the polnt ofsupport wheels mounted on such support'with theceni and saidhorizontal bar, 12,being a horizontal ter of gravity below the point Ofsupport d: {a5

axis upon which the frame-work and its a, dy am t d 0n id f c kri'n group of wheels may swnig horizontally so as d i in ti ith th i d h ls;

to throw the wind wheels into a more or less 7 CHARLES EDWARD QARROLL horizontal position under high winds that I 1 V 7 40 might blow the structure over; The area of Y p V the wheels below the cross bar, 12, is greater v I than the area of the wheels above so that the lower portion of the structure-under high winds swings upward. Besides movement on l 5 the horizontal axis the framework may move o5 abouta vertical axis,'15, passingthrough the turntable, 13,'so that the wheels may. present 7 I themselves to the wind accordinglto its direc 1 tion and a tail. or vane, 16, is provided as is e ,7 1' v 5 customary in wind mills so as to properly po- 

